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Moral principles10 quotes
A man got to have a code. — Omar Little · 2006Prosperity is the best protector of principle. — Mark Twain · 1897Important principles may and must be inflexible. — Abraham Lincoln · 1865Do you have the slightest idea what a moral and ethical principle is? Do you? — Jack Torrance · 1980Principles have no real force except when one is well fed. — Mark Twain · 1893The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. — W. Somerset Maugham · 1921All 10 quotes →Morality4 quotes
Prosperity is the best protector of principle. — Mark Twain · 1897Principles have no real force except when one is well fed. — Mark Twain · 1893Be good and you will be lonesome. — Mark Twain · 1897Food comes first, then morals. — Bertolt Brecht · 1928Moral theory3 quotes
A man got to have a code. — Omar Little · 2006Prosperity is the best protector of principle. — Mark Twain · 1897Principles have no real force except when one is well fed. — Mark Twain · 1893Expediency1 quote
He never lets the logic of principle, displace the logic of success. — Abraham Lincoln · 1859Holding to one's principles1 quote
Be good and you will be lonesome. — Mark Twain · 1897Loneliness1 quote
Be good and you will be lonesome. — Mark Twain · 1897Moral absolutism1 quote
Important principles may and must be inflexible. — Abraham Lincoln · 1865Moral flexibility1 quote
The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. — W. Somerset Maugham · 1921Moral relativism1 quote
Food comes first, then morals. — Bertolt Brecht · 1928Prosperity1 quote
Prosperity is the best protector of principle. — Mark Twain · 1897Success1 quote
He never lets the logic of principle, displace the logic of success. — Abraham Lincoln · 1859